unalike

adjective

un·​alike ˌən-ə-ˈlīk How to pronounce unalike (audio)
: not alike : dissimilar
… the eldest of three sisters who were as unalike and yet as close as fingers on a hand.Nancy Milford

Examples of unalike in a Sentence

our opinions of the movie couldn't have been more unalike
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The two sisters weren’t completely unalike in their appearance. Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024 Likewise, a stop at A Gentil Carioca, a Rio de Janeiro gallery, is a must for the sight of the dynamic but utterly unalike woven work of three very different artists, Laura Lima and Vivian Caccuri, both from Brazil, and Ana Silva from Angola. Holland Cotter, New York Times, 2 May 2024 How could Eris and Pluto look so similar in size and exterior composition yet be totally unalike on the inside? Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2010 Their personalities were fundamentally unalike, in ways that could scratch like sandpaper. Holland Cotter, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023 In one of the sequences that takes place early on in the Darling family’s London flat, before the kids take off for Neverland, a comment is made about how very unalike the children’s mother and nanny are. Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2023 The delineated settings, captured with the intimate grain of 16 mm, couldn’t be more unalike in energy: the verdant serenity of a Black Forest village and the neon-and-steel bustle of a city-state in the grip of historic protests. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 Through these seemingly unalike professions, Pritchard learned the same lesson — life is very fragile. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 4 Dec. 2022 Because no two presidents in the history of the republic are more unalike in character and temperament than this pair. Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unalike was in 1817

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“Unalike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unalike. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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